C E N T R A L A N D E A S T E U R O P E A N L AW I N I T I AT I V E
2014
ANNUAL REPORT
MISSION
OF THE CEELI INSTITUTE
The CEELI Institute is an independent, not-for-profit, international
provider of post-graduate, professional legal education
headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic.
Our mission is to develop and train
an international network of legal
professionals committed to a rule
of law. Through innovative training
programs and other activities, we
work with judges, lawyers, civil
society, government officials, and
other professionals in countries
building laws-based societies to
support fair, transparent, and
effective judicial systems, strengthen
democratic institutions, combat
corruption, build respect for human
rights, and promote the continuing
development of market economies.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Leadership Message 4
Our Impacts 5
25 Years of Progress 6
STRENGTHENING JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRITY
Conference of Chief Justices of Central & Eastern Europe 8
Central & Eastern European Judicial Exchange Network 9
Tunisia: Building Judicial Integrity 12
FIGHTING CORRUPTION
Working with the Anti-Corruption Agency in Tunisia 13
Anti-Corruption Training for Prosecutors, Investigators & Judges 14
SUPPORTING CIVIL SOCIETY
Eurasia: Support for Civil Society 16
BUILDING LEGAL SKILLS AND CAPACITY
Working with Burmese Legal Associations
on Building Practical Advocacy Skills 16
Community events 18
CEELl Partners Annual Meeting 18
Villa Grébovka
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CEELI Institute Staff
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CEELI Institute Contributors
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CEELI Institute Boards & Management 22
CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN LAW INITIATIVE
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LETTER
F
A YEAR OF
GROWTH AND OUTREACH
FROM
OUR FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
ifteen years after U.S. Secretary
one thousand judges and has also recently
of State Madeleine Albright cut
begun training in partnership with Tunisia’s
a symbolic ribbon in Brno to
new anti-corruption commission. The
announce its creation, the CEELI
Institute’s own highly acclaimed program,
Institute is now implementing its rule of
“Investigating and Prosecuting Official
law mission more broadly around the globe
Corruption,” will hold its third annual session
and on a sounder financial footing than
this spring.
over
over
over
30
500
75
The CEELI Institute
conducted
over 30 individual
Programs worldwide
We engaged more
than 500 program
participants from
20 different countries
We enlisted the help
of over 75 volunteer
instructors from
18 different countries
programs
participants
faculty
ever before. We now have a clear path to
achieving the long-term sustainability of the
In Burma, the Institute is providing advocacy
CEELI Institute.
skills training to the independent Myanmar
Lawyers Network; in Prague, we convene and
The heroes of this story are many. Chris
support NGO human rights advocates from
Lehmann, our current Executive Director,
across Eurasia; and in Ukraine, the Institute is
Quinn O’Keefe, his immediate predecessor,
now working with legal reformers and anti-
and our superb staff in Prague have
corruption advocates. Through a strategic
populated our calendar with professional
alliance with the International Foundation
training programs both at our state-of-the-
for Electoral Systems (IFES), the Institute
art facility in Prague and at off-site locations
recently hosted a program on identifying and
where we implement programs directly in
remedying election fraud. And many other
host countries. Volunteers like Joel Martin,
initiatives are also underway.
We expanded
our institutional
partnerships
who has masterfully managed our Tunisian
judicial training, and Bill Meyer, our first
In this anniversary year – also the 800th
Executive Director, who launched the
anniversary of the Magna Carta – the
Institute on a shoestring in borrowed space,
CEELI Institute seeks to maximize its
have given us great credibility. And generous
impact by concentrating on areas critical
financial supporters have sustained the
to maintaining the rule of law and in which
development of the Institute to a point of
we can offer unexcelled training. Although
operational self-sufficiency.
considerable elasticity is today attributed
to the phrase “rule of law,” the Institute’s
The regional Chief Justices Conference
priorities continue to include the integrity
begun by the Institute and nurtured by Judge
and independence of judges, fighting official
John Walker, is now in its fifth year and has
corruption, protecting fundamental human
spawned the Institute’s network of junior
and individual rights, and restraining
judges, which held sessions this year in
repressive and arbitrary government action
Prague, Warsaw, and Tbilisi. In Tunisia, the
– all of which are values at the heart of the
Institute continues its efforts to train nearly
mission of the CEELI Institute.
Homer E. Moyer, Jr.
Founder and Chairman of the Board, The CEELI Institute
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PROGRAMS
PARTICIPANTS/FACULTY
Burma, Czech Republic,
Georgia, Poland, Tunisia
Albania, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Burma,
Bosnia, Croatia, Czech Republic,
France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary,
Italy, Jordan, Kosovo, Lithuania,
Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro,
Morocco, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia,
Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa,
Sweden, Tunisia, UK, Ukraine, USA
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25
1989-2014
YEARS OF
DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS
AND RULE OF LAW REFORMS
Twenty-five years ago, the American Bar Association launched
its Central and East European Initiative, which famously became
known as ABA/CEELI, with the goal of assisting the countries
of the region as they negotiated the transition to democratic
systems. ABA/ CEELI worked to support and establish the
rule of law, promote the independence of the judiciary, ensure
respect for due process, and expand access to justice. Over time,
ABA/CEELI grew to involve hundreds of volunteers and staff,
who advised on legislation, supported institutional reforms and
above all provided training for literally thousands of judges,
lawyers and other legal professionals across the region. Since
2000, the CEELI Institute has carried on that legacy, on a
permanent basis, from our headquarters in Prague. Since 2006,
the CEELI Institute has been housed at our permanent home at
the Villa Grebovka.
“I have come here specifically to
congratulate the CEELI Institute. It
seems important to me to remind all
of us how difficult it is to build the
rule of law, especially in a country
which was long ruled by a totalitarian
regime. I do appreciate the CEELI
Institute, which devotes energy in many
countries to the education of judges so
that they become independent. “
Vaclav Havel, June 8, 2007
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STRENGTHENING
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRITY
&EASTERN
THE CONFERENCE OF CHIEF JUSTICES OF
CENTRAL
I
n 2007, the CEELI Institute helped to launch the
EUROPE
support for the Conference, which has become a stand-alone
Conference of Chief Justices of Central & Eastern Europe,
and sustainable network that meets annually. CEELI continues
which brings together the senior judges from the region’s
to provide guidance and expertise to the Conference, and
highest courts to share and develop strategies and best
CEELI Board Member, Judge John Walker of the US Second
practices to promote judicial integrity and accountability, to
Circuit Court of Appeals, has taken an ongoing role in
improve court management and to combat corruption in the
coordinating such support and leadership for the conference.
courts. The Conference was initiated with the support of he
US Department of State and the personal involvement and
The Conference was hosted in 2014 by the Supreme Court
commitment of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Sandra
of Georgia, and was opened by Georgian President, Giorgi
Day O’Connor. CEELI Institute has continued its on-going
Margvelashvili, who welcomed 30 delegates from thirteen
countries across the region
for three days of candid, offthe-record discussions. The
topics discussed ranged from
standards from the drafting
and issuance of clear, wellreasoned decisions; judicial case
management (including use of
new technologies, such as online
conferencing); and effective
application of disciplinary
mechanisms.
Georgian President Giorgi Margelashvili opening
the 2014 Conference of Chief Justices
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CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPEAN
JUDICIAL EXCHANGE
B
uilding off the success of the Conference of Chief
Justices, in 2012 the CEELI Institute launched a
similar effort for younger, non-high court judges,
with the support of the State Department’s
Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
Affairs (INL). Known as the Central & Eastern European
Judicial Exchange Network, this effort has now brought
together 63 young, reform-minded judges and court
administrators from 19 countries across the region,
incluiding Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina,
NETWORK
Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary,
Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova,
Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and
Ukraine. The Network is designed to (1) build professional
solidarity around issues of judicial integrity and (2)
promote best practices for judicial transparency and
accountability. The CEELI Institute organizes a number of
annual events designed to build a sustainable peer support
network around the issues of judicial integrity and court
efficiency.
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STRENGTHENING
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRITY
CEELI Institute Co-sponsors Network
Workshop with the Georgian High
School of Justice
In June 2014, the CEELI Institute hosted the Network’s
third annual Roundtable in Prague. The program
centered on using international standards to strengthen
judicial independence. Within this theme, the judges
focused more deeply on topics such as the challenges
of balancing judicial accountability against judicial
independence. The judges compared best practices
as well as lessons-learned from their own individual
national experiences. Two expert mentors, the
Honorable Jack Tunheim, United States District Judge
from Minnesota, and the Honorable Jan Westhoff,
Vice-President of the Amsterdam District Court, led
Roundtable discussions with several participant judges
serving as co-moderators. June’s Roundtable was one of
active debate, with each topic of discussion introduced
by provocative, participant-led presentations. For
example, the director of the Bulgarian Institute for
In his opening remarks at the Warsaw program, Judge John Walker stated:
“A bedrock objective in developing a sound system under the rule of law
is building public respect for the courts and the administration of justice.
Of course that requires good decisions by the courts and judges who are
independent, clean and incorruptible. But public respect is also a function
of sound administrative practices. Such practices should, to the greatest
extent possible: reduce unnecessary delays, eliminate opportunities for
corruption, and promote transparency.”
Legal Initiatives, Bilyana Wegertseder, presented on
her organization’s “Transparent Judicial Appointment
Initiative” that sparked an impassioned debate
among the judges on balancing the public’s interest
in having transparent judicial appointments and the
accompanying requirements for financial disclosure
by judges against the infringements on their personal
privacy from the release of such personal financial
information. Judge Cristi Danilet of Romania presented
on international standards relevant to the function of the
judiciary, and the application of those standards to the
work of individual judges. Effectively using international
standards as mechanisms to support individual
endeavors has become a key focus of the Network.
The CEELI Institute also uses the Network to organize
specialized workshops in partnership with member
country institutions as a means for participant countries
to provide expertise on an area of rule of law in which
they have had success implementing and enforcing
reforms. Such smaller Network activities were held
this year in Tbilisi and Warsaw, as well as at the CEELI
Institute in Prague.
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Tbilisi, Georgia - February 2014 The CEELI Institute and members of the Judicial Network partnered
with the Georgian School of Justice in February on
a program to address challenges judges face both
in combating corruption and in handling the public
pressures on the judiciary. Georgian participants
provided an in-depth perspective on recent initiatives
and reforms enacted to create a more independent
and impartial judiciary in Georgia. Representatives
from Croatia and Romania offered comparative
perspectives on their own reforms and transition
processes. As one Network participant from Albania
stated in articulating the importance of the event, “We
are countries of similar legal, political and economic
cultures so we face similar experiences. We can benefit from Western countries but we cannot copy them.
We must exchange information with each other and
make the best choices for our countries in order to
find the right approach. This is why this specific forum
of exchange is so important for us.”
CEELI Institute Co-sponsors Workshop with Polish Judges’ Association, Iustitia
Warsaw, Poland - October 2014 The CEELI Institute worked with the Polish Judges‘ Association, Iustitia,
to jointly host a judicial training workshop in Warsaw
on the topic of caseload management. The meeting
brought together members of the Institute’s Judicial Exchange Network, including judges from Lithuania, Romania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Albania, with their
Polish counterparts. CEELI Institute board member, the
Hon. John Walker of the Second Circuit U.S. Court of
Appeals, along with the Honorable Katarzyna Gonera
from the Supreme Court of Poland, provided opening
remarks as well as moderated discussion over the two
days. During discussion sessions, participants shared
best practices on case allocation, judicial staffing and
effective methods for preventing and eliminating backlogs, particularly focusing on mediation techniques.
On the second day of the workshop, participants were
hosted by Justice Gonera at the Supreme Court of
Poland, and were also invited to join the President of
the Supreme Court, Professor Lech Paprzycki, for more
conversation on issues of court administration and judicial independence.
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STRENGTHENING
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRITY
CORRUPTION
FIGHTING
FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN
TUNISIA
I
n 2014, the CEELI Institute launched a multi-year
program to provide support and training to the newly
established Tunisian Anti-Corruption Agency, Instance
Nationale de Lutte Contre Corruption (INLUCC). With
funding from the Swedish International Development Agency
TUNISIA
S
BUILDING
and in partnership with the International Legal Assistance
Consortium, the CEELI Institute’s program began with a
series of comprehensive consultations with the INLUCC
JUDICIAL INTEGRITY
The CEELI Institute initiated a series of targeted trainings,
using both international and Tunisian experts, in April 2014.
ince 2012 our work has brought us to Tunisia where
the immediate positive impact the training has had on their
The initial course, addressing “Corruption Detection and
the CEELI Institute is part of an extraordinary effort
work on matters such as ethical principles and preparation of
Basic Financial Investigation Techniques” brought together
to train and mentor nearly one thousand Tunisian
judicial decisions.
participants not only form INLUCC staff, but from a wide
judges on judicial accountability and judging
range of Tunisian stakeholder agencies with anti-corruption
in a democracy. Funded by the Swedish International
This course is led by the CEELI Institute’s Director of Special
responsibilities, including the Central Bank, the Finance
Development Agency (SIDA), and working in partnership with
Projects, Joel Martin together with other rotating faculty.
Ministry and the Ministry of Interior. Subsequent trainings
the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) and
Faculty members brought to Tunis have been both extremely
focused both on corruption detection and on basic financial
the International Bar Association (IBA), this program brings
well received by the participant judges and uniformly
investigation techniques, with experts coming from the
together judges from all ranks and courts in Tunisia to twice-
impressed by the Tunisian judges. The faculty has included
United States, Slovenia and Croatia. Because the participants
monthly trainings designed to improve professional skills, and
U.S. Federal District and
are experienced professionals, the programs also emphasize
to build the public’s confidence in the judiciary.
Appeals Court judges, a former
broader concepts of anti-corruption policy, more effective
Chief Justice of Sweden’s
coordination among relevant government bodies and detailed
The bi-monthly programs run by the CEELI Institute and the
Supreme Administrative
leadership and staff to develop a baseline of their training
technical training in the basics of financial investigation
IBA each program consist of approximately 30 judges. The
Court, a judge from the Special
needs on how to identify, investigate, and build cases for
specific to anti-corruption.
course stresses the leadership role judges play in society,
Tribunal for Lebanon, justices
prosecution.
the importance of judicial independence, and political
from the High Court in Prague,
issues of leadership. Consistent with these ideas, the course
and judges from a host of
The INLUCC, under the capable leadership of internationally
Institute partnered with the International Foundation for
provides training in a variety of areas, including the role of a
courts throughout Central &
renowned Tunisian lawyer Samir Annabi, is charged with
Election Systems (IFES) to organize a September 2014 program
judge in a democratic society, tools required to make courts
Eastern Europe.
spearheading Tunisia’s anti-corruption efforts. The INLUCC
on election fraud and abuse of state resources in the electoral
fair and efficient, judicial independence,
has responsibility both for pursuing the investigation and
process. Additional 2014 programs focused on fraud in public
ethics, relations with the public and with
prosecution of public corruption cases, and for coordinating
procurement. Based on an INLUCC request, the CEELI Institute
other branches of government, court
the efforts of a broad cross section of other Tunisian
is currently preparing trainings on various other topics
administration, human rights principles, and
government agencies with responsibilities for combating
including corruption in tax.
transparency in procedure and decisions.
corruption. The CEELI Institute’s efforts are designed to
Tunisian participants in the course report
support the INLUCC as it takes on its role as the lead body
In anticipation of the fall parliamentary elections, the CEELI
coordinating the Tunisian government’s response to public
corruption, as well as to support INLUCC staff in identifying
and investigating cases involving both official and commercial
corruption.
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FIGHTING
CORRUPTION
TRAINING
ANTI-CORRUPTION
T
FOR PROSECUTORS,
INVESTIGATORS & JUDGES
he CEELI Institute held its second annual
presentation delivered by Director of Legal Affairs at
training program “Investigating and
the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation
Prosecuting Official Corruption“ in May
and Development (OECD), Nicola Bonucci. His speech
2014. The program brings together an
emphasized developing strategies to combat corruption by
all-star faculty consisting of some of the world’s most
examining the key drivers, elements, conditions and actors.
experienced anti-corruption prosecutors, forensic
Although the primary focus for the course remained on
accountants and practitioners, and provides participants
combating corruption, Transparency International Czech
with a comprehensive framework for investigating and
Republic’s Director, David Ondráčka, also joined course
prosecuting official corruption.
faculty on the final day for a panel discussion on strategies for
preventing official corruption.
The weeklong program included participants from
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Moldova, Slovakia, and
Like all CEELI Institute programs, this one relied heavily on
Ukraine and provided a comprehensive framework for
participant engagement and interactive teaching techniques.
investigating and prosecuting official corruption. It is
Throughout the program, participants, who included
the Institute’s first tuition-based course and one that
prosecutors, investigators, and anti-corruption agency
we will offer on a regular basis, especially as official
officials, worked in small groups through a hypothetical
corruption has emerged as one of the most prevalent
and pernicious threats to the rule of law around the
world. The 2015 iteration of the course is scheduled
for the week of May 11, 2015.
The 2014 course addressed the investigation and
“Corruption is the dilemma
of the 21st Century”
case scenario to develop a case theory and investigative and
prosecutorial plans. Faculty drew upon past and present
cases to illustrate corruption schemes and successful
preventative and investigative techniques. Course materials
Nicola Bonucci, Director of Legal Affairs for the OECD,
in his keynote address at the 2014 Anti-Corruption Training
included a flash drive with a comprehensive electronic library
of anti-corruption reference and resource materials, and
prosecution of official corruption, with the keynote
faculty used participant polling throughout the course.
FEEDBACK FROM 2014 PARTICIPANTS:
“This was really
the best quality
course that I have
ever attended.”
“I have been involved in
dozens of anti-corruption
training programs, and
these materials are the best
I have ever seen.”
“Most interesting and
impressive information
about tactics and methods
of combating corruption.”
2014 Faculty Member
“Please do such
a course also for
prosecutors and
investigators in my
country!”
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“An extraordinary
opportunity to
develop analytical
skills in the anticorruption field”
“Magnificent - extremely useful
and helpful.”
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SUPPORTING
CIVIL SOCIETY
BUILDING
LEGAL SKILLS
AND CAPACITY
EURASIA
T
he CEELI Institute is organizing workshops
for lawyers and civil society representatives
from Ukraine and other Eurasian countries,
focusing on mechanisms for enhancing
government accountability to civil society, and
on strengthening the public’s capacity to demand
transparent government. The program is designed to
support civic-minded organizations in their efforts to
access and obtain
public information,
to undertake public
oversight activities,
and to use such
information to
conduct advocacy
campaigns,
investigative efforts
and legal actions
aimed at increasing
government
accountability.
BUILDING PRACTICAL
ADVOCACY SKILLS
FOR MEMBERS OF THE MYANMAR LAWYER’S NETWORK
T
he CEELI Institute has undertaken an exciting
trainers in their own communities. Special efforts are made
but challenging effort to assist Burmese lawyers
to include participants from the ethnic and rural regions of
as their society begins its transition towards
Burma, where lawyers traditionally have little opportunity
implementation of the rule of law. Since 2013,
for training or peer development, despite having to bravely
we have been working closely with the Myanamar Lawyer’s
persevere under the most challenging conditions.
Network (MLN), a national grass roots association that was
The program puts
organized to provide pro bono legal services to indigent
The CEELI Institute’s work in Burma again allows us to put
particular emphasis
communities, as well as provide professional development
to use our deep experience from many years of work in the
on developing
and support services for its own membership.
countries of Central and East Europe during the earliest days
of their transition to democratic governments. Our workshops
capacity to
successfully request
Myanmar currently has no organized bar, nor any public
and obtain public
legal assistance programs, so the MLN fills important
source records
gaps, both in helping otherwise disenfranchized parts of
from government
society access needed legal services, and in training and
for centuries—which also typically involves fighting off
sources, and to use
mentoring young lawyers in a country where there is little
attempted “land grabbing“ by corrupt officials and their
that information in creative public information and
access to professional support. Cases that the MLN takes on
cronies. Other cases involve human rights and human
anti-corruption campaigns designed to present public
often include representation of poor village communities
trafficking.
information in clear and accessible formats.
trying to assert legal claims to the lands they have farmed
with the MLN provide an opportunity for the participants
The need for trainings and education is vast. With support
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As part of the program, participants are also encouraged
from the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in close
to develop personal action plans to practically
partnership with the Burma Center Prague, the CEELI
implement the information provided in the trainings.
Institute is assisting the MLN through a series of training
Participants articulate and identify specific research and
and program development efforts. In 2014, the CEELI
advocacy objectives, the specific steps necessary to reach
Institute delivered several series of legal trainings in Yangon
their goal, the hurdles that can reasonably be expected,
and Mandalay, primarily designed to provide practical skills
to engage with international and local colleagues to discuss
and the means to overcome them. Representative
development on matters such as case development and
the unique role lawyers can play in advancing human rights
participant projects have included examinations
organization, use of relevant legal materials in support of
and rule of law. Participants discuss lessons learned from
of how municipal appropriations have been spent,
legal arguments, and basic advocacy skills. We also carried
other countries that have undergone similar transitions and
and investigations into the ways in which public
out a special program to mentor a small cadre of dedicated
how to conduct targeted advcocacy and outreach to educate
procurement processes have been conducted.
trainers, helping to prepare talented young lawyers to act as
communities on their rights.
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
VILLA
GRÉBOVKA
The CEELI Institute frequently
opens its doors to the surrounding
community and to Prague’s notfor-profit community for a wide
range of programs and events. This
year’s activities included jazz and
classical concerts, documentary
films, and theatre productions, all of
which brought the community into
the Villa. Larger events included
the City of Prague 2’s annual wine
festival, the White Lilly Awards, and
several gourmet food festivals. The
villa also plays host to programs
organized by numerous other
organizations, including several
The CEELI Institute is housed in the
summer schools, conferences hosted
historic Villa Gröbovka, nestled above
by IFES and by a variety of Czech
a vineyard in the heart of Prague,
NGO´s and even a formal session of
Czech Republic. The spacious Villa
the European Commission.
is a Czech national historic building
ANNUAL MEETING
CEELI PARTNERS
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that dates back to 1871. In a unique
partnership, the CEELI Institute
has leased the Villa from the city of
Prague 2 for 50 years. In return, the
Institute has renovated the building
back to its original splendor.
he CEELI Institute continues to
the challenges of advancing the Rule of Law
The CEELI Institute completed the Villa’s transformation into a state-of-the-art
partner closely with a number
in volatile environments. Occurring on the
conference and residential center in June 2008.
of institutions that share our
25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution,
strategic mission, including
the meeting offered a useful platform for
The renovations were made
the International Foundation for Election
examination of the fact that Eastern Europe
possible with a seed grant from
Systems (IFES), the International Legal
again finds itself facing challenges similar to
the U.S. Agency for International
Assistance Consortium (ILAC), the American
those that were presented in the early 1990’s.
Development and key financial
Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA
Commitments that were made at the time--to
support from individuals and
ROLI) and the Burma Center Prague. These
state legitimacy, governance in accordance
corporations, including the
partnerships are integral to our operation,
with the Rule of Law, and the independence
construction firm SKANSKA
enabling us both to engage with a broader
of the judiciary--are once again driving the
(Czech Republic), which also
cross section of stakeholders, and more
region’s agendas. The Institute remains well
served as general contractor.
effectively implement programs.
poised to bring together regional leaders
In 2014, the city of Prague 2
and reformers to address these resurgent
completed its own stunning
The Institute’s annual meeting is an
regional problems. The new challenges in
renovation of the surrounding
important opportunity for us to bring
Eastern Europe also reflect larger turmoil
park which serves as the setting
together our boards and partners, along with
in today’s world. The Institute’s legacy of
for the Villa.
distinguished members of the international
work continues to push it to the forefront
In addition to its substantial
legal community, local stakeholders, and law
of implementing organizations poised to
classroom and function space, the
reform experts in an annual effort to review
facilitate Rule of Law based responses. Our
Villa has a residential capacity
and evaluate our priorities for our rule of
new programs in Asia and Africa reflect the
for 44 guests, and on-site dining
law work. At the CEELI Institute’s annual
ability of the Institute to translate past law
facility. All Villa facilities are fully
meeting this past July in Prague we explored
reform experience onto a broader context.
handicap accessible.
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STAFF
CEELI INSTITUTE
CONTRIBUTORS
CEELI INSTITUTE
Christopher Lehmann Executive Director
Christopher Lehmann is the Executive Director of the CEELI Institute. He previously served as the Principal Deputy Director of the U.S.
Department of Justice’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT), where he managed the design,
implementation and management of justice sector reform programs throughout the world. Mr. Lehmann also held overseas postings for
DOJ as Resident Legal Advisor at the U.S. Embassies in Islamabad, Pakistan (2008-10) and Moscow (1999-2003). In 1998-99, Mr. Lehmann
served as the first Criminal Law Liaison in Ukraine for the American Bar Association’s Central and East European Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI).
Mr. Lehmann’s earlier career with the Department of Justice included ten years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New
York. Mr. Lehmann has a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Washington University School of Law, in St. Louis, where he was an editor of the
Law Review, and a B.A. degree from the American University’s School of International Service, in Washington, D.C.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Mary and David Boies
Microsoft Corporation
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Nichols
Pfizer, Inc.
The Starr Foundation
Kathryn Ainsworth
American-Czech Chamber of Commerce
Elizabeth Andersen
Arizona Community Foundation
Victor Aronow
Harriet Babbitt
Roland Bassett
William Bassler
George Blow
Cindy A. Bodin
Harold Bonacquist
Brassler & Associates
Orna Bresler
John Brett
Mark Brzezinski
Kermit Bye
Canadian Advocates Society
Milton Cerny
David Cohen
Czech Republic Supreme Court
Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte
Dallas Jewish Community Foundation
Howard Dana
Harrison G. Dickey
Antonia Dolar
Mark P.S. Edward
Mark Ellis
David Ellwanger
Jean-Michel Ferat
Daniel Fitzgibbon
Rudy Gerber
Thomas Geu
Susan Griffith
Hon. Thomas B. Griffith
Charles Hall
William Hallock
Roderick Hills
D. Brock Hornby
Hon. Mark Horton
Hon. Ivana Hrdlickova
Hughes, Hubbard & Reed
Roger Hull
David and Denise Charlot
Hon. Judith Chirlin
International Women’s Association of Prague
Joseph Jones
Max Kampelman
Janet Katz
Christopher Lehmann
Benefactors - $50,000 to $249,999
Marek Svoboda
Director of Programs
Mr. Svoboda became Director of Programs
at the CEELI Institute in December 2013.
He previously worked as the Head of the
Human Rights Department at the largest
Czech NGO, People in Need. At People in
Need, Mr. Svoboda managed a portfolio of
programs focused on supporting politically
persecuted individuals in repressive
countries and on providing assistance to
civil society groups in countries such as
Belarus, Burma, Cuba, Libya and Russia.
Prior to his work at People in Need, Mr.
Svoboda worked at the U.S. Embassy
in Prague as an NGO coordinator. He
holds a MA degree from the University of
Economics in Prague.
Jen Gaspar
Development Director
Jen Gaspar has more than 15 years of
experience in NGO management, including
13 years working in Russia, Eastern Europe
and the Former Soviet Union. She was as a
long-term consultant to the Oak Foundation´s
International Human Rights Program managing
the foundation’s portfolio of human rights
grants in Russia. She worked with NGOs and
foundations providing donor advising, technical
assistance and development strategy. Jen
holds a BA in International Affairs from the
George Washington University and an MA in
Organizational Development from the University
of San Francisco. Jen was a Fulbright Scholar in
Hungary, and previous executive director of the
Fund for International Nonprofit Development.
Joel C. Martin
Director for Special Projects
As Director of Special Projects, Joel Martin
manages the special projects carried out
by CEELI. After a 35-year career as a
teacher and lawyer, Joel Martin became a
CEELI liaison in Moldova in 2000. He was
Executive Director of the CEELI Institute
from 2001 to 2004 and again from 2010
to 2012. Between his first and second
terms at CEELI he worked on international
legal education projects in Central Asia,
South Africa, and the West Bank. He is
a graduate of Harvard College and the
University of Chicago Law School.
Barbora Jungova
Program Officer
Program Officer Barbora Jungová comes to the CEELI
Institute from the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
where she was most recently the head of the Transition
Policy Unit and Manager of the Transition Promotion
Programme. In that capacity, she worked on program
management, including budgeting, programming,
monitoring and evaluation of projects and activities of
the MFA with focus on exchange of Czech transitional
experience. She previously worked for the United
Nations Development Program (UNDP) Regional Centre
for Europe and the CIS, again with a focus on sharing
of the Czech experience with democratization and
socio-economic transformation. She has a Master’s in
Public Administration from the Masaryk University in
Brno, and speaks Czech, English and French.
ABA/CEELI
America-Mideast Educational and
Training Services
Baker Hughes
BP International, Ltd.
Česká Spořitelna
Chemonics International, Inc.
Dwight D. Opperman Foundation
ExxonMobil
Homer E. Moyer, Jr.
Kimberly-Clark
LexisNexis Group
Lockheed Martin
Miller & Chevalier
Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe
Pharmaceutical Researchers and
Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
Phillip Morris International
Royal Dutch Shell
Skanska CZ a.s.
Vance Opperman
Weatherford International
Supporters - $10,000 to $49,999
Simona Trázníková
Residence Manager
Ms. Trázníková began working for
the CEELI Institute in May 2007. She
is responsible managing CEELI’s
facilities and provides backstopping
support for program development and
implementation. Ms. Trázníková has years
of experience in hotel management and
degrees from the Academy of Commerce
and Economy and the International College
of Tourism and Hotel Management.
Marta Werenycká
Finance and Administrative
Manager
Ms. Werenycká joined CEELI in 2010.
She oversees finances and provides
administrative support for program
development and implementation. She
has worked in several NGOs as a financial
manager and project coordinator. Ms.
Werenycká earned a Master’s degree
in Business Administration from the
University of Economics in Prague.
Jana Šolcová - Accountant
Ms. Jana Šolcová joined the CEELI Institute
in September 2014. She performs
financial accounting and related matters
in accordance with the laws of the Czech
Republic and with the requirements of
donators and funders. She previously
worked as the head accountant for
several global companies incorporated
in international structures. Ms. Šolcová
earned a Master´s degree in Business
Administration from the University of
Economics in Prague.
Nikola Fialová Seifrtová
Logistics Assistant
Ms. Seifrtová joined CEELI Institute in January 2014
as a Logistics Assistant. She is responsible for logistics
support and organizational components of the Institute´s
programs. She previously worked for a private company
as a project coordinator and for the NGO People in
Need, working on several projects, including the human
rights documentary film festival One World. She also has
experience with organizing exhibitions, film projections,
and sporting events. She holds a MA degree in Political
Science and Philosophy from the University of West
Bohemia and from the Cevro Institute.
Blendow Group AB
Charles Renfrew
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Estee Lauder
Gerald Haddock
International Bar Association
Hon. John M. Walker, Jr.
Karen J. Mathis
Kathryn Harrison
Lauder Foundation
Norwegian Refugee Council
Susan Ringler
Tech Soup
The Claro Group
TRACE International
Tyco International
White and Case
Wildhare Computer Services
Grantors
Andrew Lester
Robert Leventhal
Hon. Paul A. Magnuson
Nicholas Mansfield
Joel Martin
George Mead, Jr. Foundation
Abner Mikva
Miller & Chevalier Foundation
Suzanne Morrison
John Mullen
Patricia Noonan
Hon. Sandra Day O’Connor
Quinn O’Keefe
Steven Olson
Theodore Olson
William G. Paul
Daniel Pelletier
Terry Peppard
Mary Noel Pepys
Ambassador Rudolf Vilem Perina
PragInt, spol. s.r.o.
Walter Raymond
Claire Reade
Richardson Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
Rotary klub Prag-Bohemia
Stephen Ryan
John D. Scanlon
Earl Stafford
Laura Stein
Robert A. Stein
Donna Stinson
T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving
Richard Thompson
NormanThorpe
James Tierney
Hon. Tony Trenga
John Tunheim
Ann Twiford
Steven Umin
Hon. Robert Utter
Jay Vogelson
Hon. Patricia Wald
Don Wallace
Marsha Weinerman
Hon. Mark Wolf
Hon. Kimba Wood
Olbram Zoubek
U.S. Agency
for International
Development
Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
International Legal
Assistance Consortium
National Endowment for
Democracy
U.S. Department
of Justice
Swedish International
Development Agency
U.S. Department
of State
In-Kind Contributors
Baker & McKenzie, Bison & Rose, DESIGN arcom, s.r.o., Havel & Holasek, Kocian Solc Balastik, LMC s.r.o., Miller & Chevalier,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Shell UK, Skanska CZ, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, White & Case
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CEELI INSTITUTE
BOARDS & MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT BOARD
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
• Prof. Vladimíra Dvořáková, Professor of Political Science, University of Economics,
• William D. Meyer, Hutchinson, Black and Cook, Boulder, Colorado, (Chair)
Prague, President of the Accreditation Commission
• Nancy J. Anderson, Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft
• Judge Ivana Hrdličkova, President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, The Hague
• Giuseppe Bisconti, former President of the International Bar Association
• Homer E. Moyer, Jr. (Chair), Miller & Chevalier, founder of the CEELI Institute
• Milton Cerny, Director Emeritus, American Friends of the Czech Republic
• John Mullen, Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates
• Quinn O´Keefe (Vice-Chair), Washington Representative, International Legal Assistance Consortium
• Joel Martin, Former Executive Director, the CEELI Institute
• Lado Chanturia, former Chairman, Supreme Court of the Republic of Georgia
• Judith Chirlin, Executive Director, Western Justice Center
• Bruno Cova, partner, Paul Hastings LLP (Milan); former General Counsel of Fiat
• Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte, President Emeritus, Professor of Law at Florida State University
SUPERVISORY BOARD
LEGAL ADVISOR
• Robert A. Stein, Everett Fraser Professor of Law, University of
Martin Šolc, Partner, Kocián Šolc Balaštík; Co-Chair
Minnesota Law School
• RNDr. Jiřina Marie Nováková, former Vice-Mayor, Prague 9
of the Human Rights Institute of the International Bar
Association; past President of the Czech Bar Association
• Tom Dine, Senior Policy Adviser, Israel Policy Forum
• A.J.A.J. (Jan) Eijsbouts, Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility, Maastrict University;
Former General Counsel for Azko-Nobel
• Jonathan Fried, Canadian Ambassador to the World Trade Organization
• Nancy Gertner, Professor, Harvard Law School; former Judge, U.S. District Court of Massachusetts
• Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, Chair of European Litigation Practice, Debevoise & Plimpton; former Attorney
FRIENDS OF THE CEELI INSTITUTE
• Homer E. Moyer, Jr. (Chair), Miller & Chevalier, founder of the CEELI Institute
• Quinn O´Keefe (Vice-Chair), Washington Representative, International Legal Assistance Consortium
• Mary McInnis Boies, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
• Mark S. Ellis, Executive Director, International Bar Association
• Judge Thomas B. Griffith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
• Gerald Haddock, Director, Meritage Homes Corporation
• Dr. Roger Hull, former President, Union College
• J. Larry Nichols, Executive Chairman, Devon Energy Corporation
• Anne Ramberg, Secretary General of the Swedish Bar Association
General for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
• Richard Graber, former U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic
• Beat Hess, Member, Board of Directors of Nestle: former General Counsel of Royal Dutch Shell
• Barbara Hillas Dillon, Hillas & Dillon LLC
• David Jones, National Public Affairs Manager, MBF, Australia
• Daniel Lipsic, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, Slovakia
• Ernst Markel, former Presiding Justice, Supreme Court of Austria; Honorary Lifetime President, International
Association of Judges
• Beverly McClachlin, Chief Justice of Canada
• Emma Harriet Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winerbourne, Member of the House of Lords, UK
• Susan Ringler, Vice President, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at Alcoa
• Daniel Novy, Contractual Relations Specialist, CEZ
• Judge John M. Walker, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Theodore Olson, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; former Solicitor General for the United States
• Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Honorary Member, Retired Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
• Vance Opperman, President and CEO, Key Investments, Inc., Minneapolis
• Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, Mitre Corporation, former Dean, McGeorge School of Law
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
• Mary Noel Pepys, former Justice Advisor for U.S. Department of State in Afghanistan
Christopher Lehmann
• Steve Walther, Chair, Federal Election Commission (US)
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• Petar Stoyanov, former President of Bulgaria
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